Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo’s seminal debut album arrived in 1989. By that point G. Rap had built a solid fan base after a run of successful singles for Marley Marl’s Juice Crew. With this release though G. Rap took both his career and Mafioso rap to the next level.

‘Road To The Riches’ showcased G. Rap’s insane talent for spinning tales of life on the streets of NYC. His rhymes hit harder than anyone else in the game at this point, and to this day he’s most rappers favourite MC and in our eyes one of the greatest lyricists to ever do it.